vectio

From vehō +‎ -tio.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɛk.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛk.t̪͡s̪i.o]

vectiō f (genitive vectiōnis); third declension.

1. The act of transporting, carrying. A conveyance.
   • 45 BCE, Marcus Tullius Cicero, De natura deorum. Book II, section CLI:

     Efficimus etiam domitū nostrō quadripedum vectiōnēs, quōrum celeritās atque vīs nōbīs ipsīs adfert vim et celeritātem.

     We also tame the four-footed animals to carry us on their backs, their swiftness and strength bestowing strength and swiftness upon ourselves.

Third-declension noun.

• vehō
• vectis

• vectio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “vectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers